Quite Possibly The Worst Maserati Car Ad Pics Ever?

[Wattie]

Ridiculously Low mileage but what is he thinking posting these!

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2009-maserati-quattroporte-sport-gts-auto-my09/SSE-AD-445481

A little taste.

 

[allandwf]

Dark car, dark skies, what could go wrong? Lol. He obviously feels the cars lights are its main feature.

 

[Rwc13]

That is a very nice GTS by the look of it. Love the red stitching and alcantara

 

[Wattie]

Dark car, dark skies, what could go wrong? Lol. He obviously feels the cars lights are its main feature.

At least they were both working.
Probably had to jump start it after though.......

 

[Wattie]

That is a very nice GTS by the look of it. Love the red stitching and alcantara

Barely used, I reckon it’s never been out in the daylight.....hence the nocturnal pics.

 

[Phil H]

Barely used, I reckon it’s never been out in the daylight.....hence the nocturnal pics.

Pictured in Transylvania perhaps?

PH

 

[lifes2short]

odd that he's blurred some of the number plate shots but missed a couple out , very odd photo shoot and seems to have done in a hurry, do like the interior

 

[Oneball]

The bird he had gone dogging with has stolen the car.

 

[MarkMas]

Moody. Hate the interior. £55,500 is that real???

MA99WA

 

[Wattie]

Moody. Hate the interior. £55,500 is that real???

MA99WA

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Yup, welcome to Oz car prices!

 

[Hurricane52]

It’s still incredible how much local taxes can spoil one’s plans. I remember when I lived in Hongkong before the Chinese took back control, a basic Toyota cost the modern day equivalent of £100k. Seeing anything exotic back then was one **** of a thrill.

 

[Rwc13]

Moody. Hate the interior. £55,500 is that real???

MA99WA

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It would be even more expensive here in Portugal. A ropey DS with 100,000kms + is £40k

 

[Motorsport3]

It would be even more expensive here in Portugal. A ropey DS with 100,000kms + is £40k

Yes, the same is in Greece, probably because you can count the total country stock in your fingers. They are proper rare.

Regarding Oz pricing though, i wonder, when Boris says its OK to do the "Australian deal" with the EU would it result into Australian prices afterwards?

 

[MarkMas]

Regarding Oz pricing though, i wonder, when Boris says its OK to do the "Australian deal" with the EU would it result into Australian prices afterwards?

No.

 

[Motorsport3]

No.

Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit, says industry chief

PSA and Bentley warn of extra tariffs and vent frustration at last-minute trade talks

www.ft.com

 

[MarkMas]

Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit, says industry chief

PSA and Bentley warn of extra tariffs and vent frustration at last-minute trade talks

www.ft.com

This link only gives the headline "Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit, says industry chief ", as the rest is behind the FT paywall. Here is an open copy (probably): https://www.ft.com/content/1ef30632-bde7-4b0b-9c7a-d9501cc78aaa

The 'industry chief' is Alison Jones UK MD at Goupe PSA. So basically a spokesperson for the EU and Remain, having a last go at 'project fear'.

She is talking about the possibility of EU tariffs, which if they happened, might add 15% to the cost of cars imported from the EU. This compares with the self-imposed Australian luxury car tax of 33%, which is completely different. And real.

 

[Devonboy]

This link only gives the headline "Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit, says industry chief ", as the rest is behind the FT paywall. Here is an open copy (probably): https://www.ft.com/content/1ef30632-bde7-4b0b-9c7a-d9501cc78aaa

The 'industry chief' is Alison Jones UK MD at Goupe PSA. So basically a spokesperson for the EU and Remain, having a last go at 'project fear'.

She is talking about the possibility of EU tariffs, which if they happened, might add 15% to the cost of cars imported from the EU. This compares with the self-imposed Australian luxury car tax of 33%, which is completely different. And real.

I maybe wrong....but predicting the future is a fairly difficult thing to do.....generally

 

[MarkMas]

I maybe wrong....but predicting the future is a fairly difficult thing to do.....generally

It's very difficult to do!

But people (I'm not getting at anyone in particular here) do it with an air of confidence and certainty, to try to prove some sort of (usually political) point. During Brexit, there were a lot of (economic) predictions made, which were expressed as certainties, when it suited an argument. And economists and politicians were claimed to have the same level of 'expert' status as airline pilots or surgeons, even though the former were making wild guesses and the latter were preforming complex tasks after years of training.

One clue is that wild guesses by 'expert forecasters' tend to be expressed as certainties, such as "Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit" or "The stockmarket will crash if you elect Biden" or "The UK's GDP will drop by £4,300 per family if you vote Brexit", whereas predictions by 'subject experts' tend to have cautious caveats, like "the testing carried out to date suggests that the vaccine should be 90% effective."

 

[Devonboy]

It's very difficult to do!

But people (I'm not getting at anyone in particular here) do it with an air of confidence and certainty, to try to prove some sort of (usually political) point. During Brexit, there were a lot of (economic) predictions made, which were expressed as certainties, when it suited an argument. And economists and politicians were claimed to have the same level of 'expert' status as airline pilots or surgeons, even though the former were making wild guesses and the latter were preforming complex tasks after years of training.

One clue is that wild guesses by 'expert forecasters' tend to be expressed as certainties, such as "Cars will cost more in UK after Brexit" or "The stockmarket will crash if you elect Biden" or "The UK's GDP will drop by £4,300 per family if you vote Brexit", whereas predictions by 'subject experts' tend to have cautious caveats, like "the testing carried out to date suggests that the vaccine should be 90% effective."

I put it rather more simply- I am the world expert on me. No one knows more about me than I do....and I can’t tell you what I will be doing next year.

 

[MarkMas]

I maybe wrong....but predicting the future is a fairly difficult thing to do.....generally

Funnily enough, I stumbled across this amusing webpage today:

Worst Predictions

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